Armando Quintero
San Rafael resident, 20-year national park ranger, head of UC Merced Sierra Nevada Institute and chair of California Water Commission is named state parks director, overseeing 280 parks and 340 miles of beaches.
Anthony Rendon
Legislature fails to pass key bills on police reform, wildfires, housing and other topics, and Assembly speaker apologizes for requiring East Bay’s Buffy Wicks to bring her newborn baby to the Capitol so she could vote.
Renters
New state law bans evictions due to unpaid rent from March to August amid pandemic. But tenants still must pay at least 25% starting Sept. 1, their old debt isn’t wiped out, and landlords can begin evictions in February.